Review and comment on evidence list

[himher 634]

Hi guys - long time no see. I am putting together my packet and this is what it contains:

Petition

Front/back of green card

Daughter's birth certificate

Joint bank account statement / savings, checking, line of credit - (1) from month of approval and (1) current

Copies of (both) drivers licenses

Registration (my current) with joint auto insurance from date of marriage

Health insurance cards all family names from date of marriage

Home telephone (it is in my name)

Cell phone statement, joint

AMEX statement, joint

MC statement, joint

2008/2009 tax records, joint

401K statement with spouse as primary beneficiary

Life insurance beneficiary statement with spouse as primary beneficiary

Retirement plan statement with spouse as primary beneficiary

We have no lease - my parents own the home. Will this be enough? Everything has the same address.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Pictures of the happy couple showing the last two years, visiting with friends and family. Pictures are expected. Any state or local tax returns you can add?

[himher 634]

OH we have pics. Disneyworld, Bali, Bahrain, all kinds of places. Is it normal to include pictures though? The I130, I129F, I485 sailed through with no pics.

Edited April 29, 2010 by himher

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You don't need that many, just enough to give a "flavor". Check out the pinned topic here.

[himher 634]

That certainly won't be a problem. Thanks for the feedback

[Boyinflorida 2]

Your evidence looks perfect just add some photos. It wouldn't hurt send 5-10 but good ones insted of a hundred as some people do here.

[summersurf 10]

OH we have pics. Disneyworld, Bali, Bahrain, all kinds of places. Is it normal to include pictures though? The I130, I129F, I485 sailed through with no pics.

Hello you guys, when i read this i was like, hey.. Bali? thats where my family lives didnt you love it there? oh yeah Sorry not really answering your questions here hehe.

Best luck!

[v333k 59]

One other person mentioned it..... FEDERAL TAX RETURNS.... very very very important.

State taxes are OK but I doubt they make an effect with USCIS.

Other than these two comments, your evidence looks very solid.

I saw the mention of pictures.... hmm.... not sure how important they are, but they certainly help. We printed them 4 pics/event on an 8.5x11 paper and included a couple of events. we chose the pictures that had the both of us together, as well as other friends and family. We included pages titles, and picture captions. It will be much more organized and provide the IO a window into your life (through these pictures).

Good luck!

[himher 634]

<smile> I mentioned it. They are on my list. Chose for now to defer sending the state tax returns. We already have (67) dam pages of this foppery.

We threw together 10-12 family type pics and I taped them to paper and stuck them in the packet. As stated earlier I never filed pics before BUT we had an AOS interview in 2008 (we were one of the couples with the "twice rejected fingerprints") and the officer spent a few minutes going through our pictures that we brought and asking us about this or that one (my impression was he just wanted to chat about camping up at lake livingston north of Houston and wanted to know good stuff to do in San Fran LOL). Anyway he seemed interested so without burying the poor overworked AOS agent with hundreds of pics we stuck some in our packet. Thanks for the feedback and wish us luck!!

One other person mentioned it..... FEDERAL TAX RETURNS.... very very very important.

State taxes are OK but I doubt they make an effect with USCIS.

Other than these two comments, your evidence looks very solid.

I saw the mention of pictures.... hmm.... not sure how important they are, but they certainly help. We printed them 4 pics/event on an 8.5x11 paper and included a couple of events. we chose the pictures that had the both of us together, as well as other friends and family. We included pages titles, and picture captions. It will be much more organized and provide the IO a window into your life (through these pictures).

Good luck!

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Quality beats quantity. Leave the home phone bill out and instead write a cover letter telling in 1 paragraph who you guys are and that you are "living rent free in a home that is owned by your parents." The latter 12 words are more important than you may realize because they explain why you don't have a lease included.

Or, alternatively, get a lease agreement from your parents and back-date it to the time when you both started living there together.

[himher 634]

Ouch too late already sent the packet in.

I wouldnt back-date anything. If we get an RFE we'll deal with it with dispatch.

Quality beats quantity. Leave the home phone bill out and instead write a cover letter telling in 1 paragraph who you guys are and that you are "living rent free in a home that is owned by your parents." The latter 12 words are more important than you may realize because they explain why you don't have a lease included.

Or, alternatively, get a lease agreement from your parents and back-date it to the time when you both started living there together.